{"id":14427,"date":"2018-06-20T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14427"},"modified":"2018-06-19T07:27:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T11:27:55","slug":"a-chinese-revolutionary-song-born-from-the-xingtai-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-chinese-revolutionary-song-born-from-the-xingtai-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chinese Revolutionary Song Born from the Xingtai Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14428\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tormods\/2145653039\/in\/photolist-Yz1gzs-YN456w-7dxLYk-WacURp-4gB2TV-E3WrSM-ZNzR32-bAW24w-5xFLk3-3PnyS8-ScB1jr-bAVZGQ-bAVXQo-bPQCjn-bAVYkQ-bAVWjy-bPQDRk-bPQA74-bAVYRL-6i1DWA-djV7a-9ehdPC-9UdZAf-HoY3K1-6jjfXa-bAVXzu-Y4k9qN-bPQDxX\" aria-label=\"Tormod Sandtorv 232x350\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14428\" class=\" wp-image-14428\"  alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"922\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Tormod-Sandtorv-232x350.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Tormod-Sandtorv-232x350.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Tormod-Sandtorv.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old man at the Great wall by Tormod Sandtorv from Flickr.com is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Xingtai (\u90a2\u53f0X\u00edngt\u00e1i) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Heibei province. Located only several hours of driving from Beijing, Xingtai is an old city with long history, dating back thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it is also known as the first city in the short history of the People\u2019s Republic of China to be damaged by an earthquake. In March 1966, five successive earthquakes above 6 on the Richter scale, took place in the area administered by the city. The first earthquake occurred early morning on March 8<sup>th<\/sup>, the strongest with a magnitude of 7.2 occurred on the 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, and the last on March 29<sup>th<\/sup>. The sequence of earthquakes known by the name the Xingtai earthquake \u00a0\u90a2\u53f0\u5927\u5730\u9707 (x\u00edngt\u00e1i d\u00e0 d\u00eczh\u00e8n) caused serious damage and major casualties. Thousands were killed, ten thousand were injured, and many more lost their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The government did its best to help, and the rescue teams\u2019 efforts were helpful. Premier Zhou Enlai personally visited the afflicted area several times during this month. And he wasn\u2019t the only one \u2013 many artists hurried towards the disaster area. They roamed around and spoke with the locals. They were inspired by the leadership and touched by the affection from the people. Many creative works were conceived on the spot. One such work is a short song named \u300a\u5929\u5927\u5730\u5927\u4e0d\u5982\u515a\u7684\u6069\u60c5\u5927\u300b(Ti\u0101n d\u00e0 d\u00ec d\u00e0 b\u00f9r\u00fa d\u01ceng de \u0113nq\u00edng d\u00e0).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Only a few days were needed for the composer\u52ab\u592b (Ji\u00e9 f\u016b) and the writer \u6d2a\u6e90 (H\u00f3ng yu\u00e1n) to create that song during their stay in Xingtai. The artists compiled speeches from the wounded, the thankful natives\u2019 statements, and created a song that represents the voice of the people. The terse song, composed of simple words, direct sentences, and folk composition, quickly spread throughout the country, and is one of the famous revolutionary songs even today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For us it\u2019s a useful tool to learn basic Chinese communist vocabulary:<\/p>\n<p>\u6bdb\u6cfd\u4e1c (m\u00e1oz\u00e9d\u014dng) = Mao Zedong<\/p>\n<p>\u6bdb\u6cfd\u4e1c\u601d\u60f3 (m\u00e1oz\u00e9d\u014dng s\u012bxi\u01ceng) = Mao Zedong thought, Maoism<\/p>\n<p>\u6bdb\u4e3b\u5e2d (m\u00e1o zh\u01d4x\u00ed) = chairman Mao<\/p>\n<p>\u9769\u547d (g\u00e9m\u00ecng) = revolution<\/p>\n<p>\u793e\u4f1a\u4e3b\u4e49 (sh\u00e8hu\u00ec zh\u01d4y\u00ec) = socialism<\/p>\n<p>\u9636\u7ea7 (ji\u0113j\u00ed) = class<\/p>\n<p>\u515a (d\u01ceng) = party<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u5929\u5927\u5730\u5927\u4e0d\u5982\u515a\u7684\u6069\u60c5\u5927<br \/>\n\u7239\u4eb2\u5a18\u4eb2\u4e0d\u5982\u6bdb\u4e3b\u5e2d\u4eb2<br \/>\n\u5343\u597d\u4e07\u597d\u4e0d\u5982\u793e\u4f1a\u4e3b\u4e49\u597d<br \/>\n\u6cb3\u6df1\u6d77\u6df1\u4e0d\u5982\u9636\u7ea7\u53cb\u7231\u6df1<br \/>\n\u6bdb\u6cfd\u4e1c\u601d\u60f3\u662f\u9769\u547d\u7684\u5b9d<br \/>\n\u8c01\u8981\u662f\u53cd\u5bf9\u5b83<br \/>\n\u8c01\u5c31\u662f\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u654c\u4eba<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ti\u0101n d\u00e0 d\u00ec d\u00e0 b\u00f9r\u00fa d\u01ceng de \u0113nq\u00edng d\u00e0<br \/>\ndi\u0113 q\u012bn ni\u00e1ng q\u012bn b\u00f9r\u00fa m\u00e1o zh\u01d4x\u00ed q\u012bn<br \/>\nqi\u0101n h\u01ceo w\u00e0n h\u01ceo b\u00f9r\u00fa sh\u00e8hu\u00ec zh\u01d4y\u00ec h\u01ceo<br \/>\nh\u00e9 sh\u0113n h\u01cei sh\u0113n b\u00f9r\u00fa ji\u0113j\u00ed y\u01d2u&#8217;\u00e0i sh\u0113n<br \/>\nm\u00e1oz\u00e9d\u014dng s\u012bxi\u01ceng sh\u00ec g\u00e9m\u00ecng de b\u01ceo<br \/>\nsh\u00e9i y\u00e0oshi f\u01cendu\u00ec t\u0101<br \/>\nsh\u00e9i ji\u00f9sh\u00ec w\u01d2men de d\u00edr\u00e9n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(English translation in the video)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u5929\u5927\u5730\u5927\u4e0d\u5982\u515a\u7684\u6069\u60c5\u5927 - English Subtitles\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eDa_-beIMHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u597d\u597d\u5b66\u4e60\u5929\u5929\u5411\u4e0a<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"232\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Tormod-Sandtorv-232x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Tormod-Sandtorv-232x350.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Tormod-Sandtorv.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><p>Xingtai (\u90a2\u53f0X\u00edngt\u00e1i) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Heibei province. Located only several hours of driving from Beijing, Xingtai is an old city with long history, dating back thousands of years ago. 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